Andrew Novak

Andrew Novak is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), affiliated with the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation and the Human Performance Research Centre (HPRC). His research focuses on human performance in sports, esports, and military settings, emphasizing data-driven approaches using tools like Tableau, R, and AWS. He collaborates with Rugby Australia, the Australian Defence Science and Technology Group, and the Office of Naval Research Global.

Novak holds a PhD from the University of Newcastle and has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers. He is accredited as a Level 2 Sports Scientist and Exercise Scientist. Teaching roles include co-developing the 'Performance Analysis and Data Science' subject in UTS's Masters of High Performance Sport program.

His research interests span performance analysis, team dynamics, and decision-making, with recent work on environmental impacts on football performance, cooperative networks in invasion games, and esports perceptual-motor skills. He has secured grants for projects like applying machine learning to cricket performance and military team dynamics.

Award highlights include a runner-up for the best sports science research poster (2016). Professional experience includes roles at Fusion Sport, developing athlete management software, and bicycle fitting expertise through Specialized Bicycles.